Re: Court Cards

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

> I am involved in a non-12-step group and have been

> considering whether we should sign court cards. I think

> that it is very convenient for XA to say that they don't

> like forced attendance, but then to turn around and

> cooperate by signing court cards. Personally, I tend to

> lean towards not signing the cards as a matter of

> principle. I go to the meetings because I want to, and

> don't find it beneficial to have people show up who don't

> want to be there. I have no problem with anybody attending

> who wants to, but I don't think that participating coerced

> treatment by signing court cards is right. I'm aware of the

> court battles, but I don't think that simply giving people

> secular alternatives is an acceptable solution. What do

> others here think?

> Sincerely,

> Jim Y

>

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[Guest guest]

Hi all,

> I am involved in a non-12-step group and have been

> considering whether we should sign court cards. I think

> that it is very convenient for XA to say that they don't

> like forced attendance, but then to turn around and

> cooperate by signing court cards.

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Sue's idea of signing cards before the meeting is

good. That way, folks can leave if they want to.

The only way to get courts to immediately stop

court-ordering AA attendence is for each individual group to notify the court

that you

will no longer be signing court slips. Reinforce

that by adding a disclaimer to the AA meeting

directory, " no court slips. " The courts in your

area will have to find another punishment for

those whom they judge to be problem drinkers.

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See the original message at /list/12-step-free/?start=983

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